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CNN By Isabel Rosales and Dakin Andone, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — The mother of the teenager accused of killing four people during last week’s shooting at a Georgia high school has apologized to the victims’ families in an open letter while insisting her son “is not a monster.” “To the parents and families of those

By Denise Royal, Carlos Suarez and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — Miami Dolphins star Tyreek Hill admitted some regrets about his actions during his pre-game detainment on Sunday but called for the officer who restrained him to be taken off the force. “Gone. Gone. Gone. He gotta go, man,” Hill said Wednesday in a news

By Isabel Rosales and Dakin Andone, CNN Atlanta (CNN) — The mother of the teenager accused of killing four people during last week’s shooting at a Georgia high school has apologized to the victims’ families in an open letter while insisting her son “is not a monster.” “To the parents and families of those affected

By Alexandra Banner, CNN (CNN) — On this day 23 years ago, the US suffered a tremendous loss of loved ones in the September 11 terrorist attacks. Nearly 3,000 people were killed when hijackers crashed planes into the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and a field in Pennsylvania. It is with our deepest admiration and

By Lauren del Valle, CNN (CNN) — Twenty-three years after the deadliest attack on US soil in its history, the mantra “Never Forget” endures in the American consciousness as a solemn reminder of that day. For the thousands of families who believe key facts have been withheld around the attack that stole their loved ones,

By Dakin Andone, CNN (CNN) — Footage of NFL star Tyreek Hill being detained by Miami-Dade officers earlier this week has again highlighted the sometimes contentious and fraught nature of what is a routine and everyday procedure in policing: the traffic stop. Many traffic stops end without making headlines. But thanks to the ubiquity of

By Isabel Rosales, Lauren Mascarenhas, Celina Tebor, Eric Levenson and Meridith Edwards, CNN (CNN) — Marcee Gray was 200 miles away from Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, when her gut told her something was not right. It was Wednesday morning – before the shooting at the school that killed two students and two teachers. She

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By Zoe Sottile and Alisha Ebrahimji, CNN (CNN) — Thousands of acres of wilderness. Sinkholes. And the possibility of a gunman around every corner. These are among the difficulties facing the dozens of law enforcement officers employed in the search for Joseph Couch, the man suspected of firing an AR-15 from a cliff ledge on

By Martha Shade, CNN (CNN) — September is National Literacy Month. According to the National Literacy Institute, about 21% of adults in the US are illiterate, and 54% read below a sixth grade level. In some cases, those adults were born in other non-English speaking countries. Poverty also plays a role, since economically disadvantaged school

By Andrew Torgan and Tricia Escobedo, CNN (CNN) — If you bought apple juice recently, now would be a good time to check the fridge or pantry: Bottles of juice sold across the country under various brands at Walgreens, Walmart, BJ’s, Weis and Aldi have been recalled over concerns about arsenic levels. Here’s what else

CNN By Eric Levenson and Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — “I’m sorry, mom.” Those were the words Colt Gray texted his mother Wednesday morning before the deadliest school shooting in the United States so far this year erupted at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia. That text was enough to spur a call from Marcee

By Cheri Mossburg and Eric Levenson, CNN (CNN) — An Idaho judge ruled Monday to move the upcoming murder trial of Bryan Kohberger, the man charged with killing four University of Idaho students in 2022, due to concerns that the local community in Moscow is prejudiced against him. “Considering the undisputed evidence presented by the

By Chris Boyette and Cindy Von Quednow, CNN (CNN) — Wildfires in California and Nevada are driving thousands from their homes as firefighters in the air and on the ground work to contain them, amid daytime temperatures nearing 100 degrees. Here is the latest: More than 70 active large wildfires across the western United States

By Eric Levenson and Celina Tebor, CNN (CNN) — “I’m sorry, mom.” Those were the words Colt Gray texted his mother Wednesday morning before the deadliest school shooting in the United States so far this year erupted at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia. That text was enough to spur a call from Marcee Gray

By Emma Tucker, CNN Rancho Palos Verdes, California (CNN) — Residents living on the largest area of natural vegetation on the Palos Verdes Peninsula, 30 miles south of downtown Los Angeles, used to call the coastal ground movement slowly shifting beneath their feet the best thing that ever happened to them. An ancient complex of

By Andrew Torgan and Tricia Escobedo, CNN (CNN) — The NFL season just got underway and already the Super Bowl is in the spotlight — just not the game itself. Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar announced Sunday that he will be the headlining act for the Super Bowl LIX halftime show. Here’s what else you

By Elizabeth Wolfe, Zoe Sottile and Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — The man suspected of shooting five people traveling on a Kentucky interstate texted a woman ahead of the attack, warning of his plan to “kill a lot of people,” according to a warrant for his arrest. “I’m going to kill a lot of people.

By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — When Linda Sun visited Beijing in the winter of 2018, according to federal prosecutors, a Chinese businessman based in the US made travel arrangements for her and reserved a presidential suite once used by First Lady Michelle Obama. A year later, on a second trip to Beijing, Sun exchanged